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Generating samples from a continuous probability density is a central algorithmic problem across statistics, engineering, and the sciences. For high-dimensional settings, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is the default algorithm across…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Matthew S. Zhang , Jason M. Altschuler , Sinho Chewi

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms play an important role in statistical inference problems dealing with intractable probability distributions. Recently, many MCMC algorithms such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) and Riemannian…

Computation · Statistics 2017-04-19 Cheng Zhang , Babak Shahbaba , Hongkai Zhao

A simulation method based on the RG blocking is shown to yield statistical errors smaller than that of the crude MC using absolute values of the original measures. The new method is particularly suitable to apply to the sign problem of…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Markham , T. D. Kieu

To obtain the most accurate predictions for the Higgs masses in the minimal supersymmetric model (MSSM), one should compute the full set of one-loop radiative corrections, resum the large logarithms to all orders, and add the dominant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard E. Haber , Ralf Hempfling , Andre H. Hoang

The HL-LHC and the corresponding detector upgrades for the CMS experiment will present extreme challenges for the full simulation. In particular, increased precision in models of physics processes may be required for accurate reproduction…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-11-19 Kevin Pedro

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is an efficient Bayesian sampling method that can make distant proposals in the parameter space by simulating a Hamiltonian dynamical system. Despite its popularity in machine learning and data science, HMC is…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-09-02 Ziming Liu , Zheng Zhang

We consider the numerical solution of large scale time-harmonic Maxwell equations. To this day, this problem remains difficult, in particular because the equations are neither Hermitian nor semi-definite. Our approach is to compare…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Elise Fressart , Sébastien Dubois , Loïc Gouarin , Marc Massot , Michel Nowak , Nicole Spillane

Recently, we introduced a class of molecular representations for kernel-based regression methods -- the spectrum of approximated Hamiltonian matrices (SPA$^\mathrm{H}$M) -- that takes advantage of lightweight one-electron Hamiltonians…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-02-21 Ksenia R. Briling , Yannick Calvino Alonso , Alberto Fabrizio , Clemence Corminboeuf

Traditional Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods suffer from low acceptance rate, slow mixing and low efficiency in high dimensions. Hamiltonian Monte Carlo resolves this issue by avoiding the random walk. Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Amir Hajian

We compare predictions of cooled masses and cooling rates from three stripped-down Semi-Analytic Models (SAMs) of galaxy formation with the results of N-body+SPH simulations with gas particle mass of 3.9x10^6 Msun, where radiative cooling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Pierluigi Monaco , Andrew Benson , Gabriella De Lucia , Fabio Fontanot , Stefano Borgani , Michael Boylan-Kolchin

We propose a new framework for Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) on truncated probability distributions with smooth underlying density functions. Traditional HMC requires computing the gradient of potential function associated with the target…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-09-12 Kexin Yi , Finale Doshi-Velez

The recently developed energy conserving semi-implicit method (ECsim) for PIC simulation is applied to multiple scale problems where the electron-scale physics needs to be only partially retained and the interest is on the macroscopic or…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Giovanni Lapenta , Diego Gonzalez-Herrero , Elisabetta Boella

Self-learning hybrid Monte Carlo (SLHMC) is a first-principles simulation that allows for exact ensemble generation on potential energy surfaces based on density functional theory. The statistical sampling can be accelerated with the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-07-28 Keita Kobayashi , Yuki Nagai , Mitsuhiro Itakura , Motoyuki Shiga

In this article, we consider the preconditioned Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (pHMC) algorithm defined directly on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. In this context, and under a condition reminiscent of strong log-concavity of the target…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Jakiw Pidstrigach

The Worldvolume Hybrid Monte Carlo (WV-HMC) method [arXiv:2012.08468] is an efficient algorithm for addressing the numerical sign problem at moderate computational cost. It mitigates the sign problem while avoiding the ergodicity issues…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-15 Masafumi Fukuma , Yusuke Namekawa

A mixed semiclassical initial value representation expression for spectroscopic calculations is derived. The formulation takes advantage of the time-averaging filtering and the hierarchical properties of different trajectory based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-27 Max Buchholz , Frank Grossmann , Michele Ceotto

High temperature reduction of the SU(2) Higgs model is realised by partially integrating its partition function. Various approximate forms of the effective theory resulting from the integration over nonstatic fields and the static electric…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Jakovac , A. Patkos

We introduce a new class of sequential Monte Carlo methods which reformulates the essence of the nested sampling method of Skilling (2006) in terms of sequential Monte Carlo techniques. Two new algorithms are proposed, nested sampling via…

Smart manufacturing can significantly improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption, yet the energy demands of AI models may offset these gains. This study utilizes in-situ sensing-based prediction of geometric quality in smart machining…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Danny Hoang , Anandkumar Patel , Ruimen Chen , Rajiv Malhotra , Farhad Imani

Theoretical predictions in high energy physics are routinely provided in the form of Monte Carlo generators. Comparisons of predictions from different programs and/or different initialization set-ups are often necessary. MC-TESTER can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-17 N. Davidson , P. Golonka , T. Przedzinski , Z. Was